Fischer

Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.

A

 * Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official
 * Adam Fischer (sculptor) (1888–1968), Danish sculptor
 * Ádám Fischer (born 1949), Hungarian conductor
 * Adolf Fischer (officer) (1893–1947), German Nazi general executed for war crimes
 * Adolph Fischer (1858–1887) German-American anarchist
 * Alfred Fischer (architect) (1881–1950), German architect
 * Alfred Fischer (judge) (1919–2004), German judge
 * Andrew Andika Fischer (born 1987), Indonesian actor
 * Angeline Fuller Fischer (1841–1925), American writer
 * Annie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianist
 * Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician
 * Andrea Fischer (scientist), (born 1973), Austrian glaciologist
 * Anton Fischer (bobsleigh), German bobsledder
 * Artur Fischer (1919–2016), German inventor (fischertechnik, plastic dowel)
 * Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician

B

 * Batty Fischer (1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer
 * Benjamin Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Bernd Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Birgit Fischer (born 1962), German kayaker
 * Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), American world chess champion 1972–1975
 * Bram Fischer (1908–1975), South African lawyer

C

 * Carl Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Carlos Fischer (1903–1969), Uruguayan politician, President of the National Council of Government in 1958
 * Caroline Fischer-Achten (1806–1896), Austrian opera singer
 * Catherine Fischer (born 1947), American deafblind author
 * Christian Fischer (born 1997), American ice hockey forward
 * Christopher Fischer (born 1988), German ice hockey defenceman
 * Clare Fischer (1928–2012), American composer, arranger, and pianist
 * Claude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologist

D

 * D'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli-American basketball player in the Israeli National League
 * Dale S. Fischer (born 1951), US district court judge
 * Dana Fischer (born 2010), American Magic: The Gathering player
 * David Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Deb Fischer (born 1951), American politician
 * Debra Fischer, American astronomer
 * Diego Fischer (born 1961), Uruguayan journalist and writer
 * Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012), German baritone and conductor
 * Dirk Fischer (politician) (born 1943), German politician

E

 * Edmond H. Fischer (1920–2021), Swiss-American biochemist
 * Eduard Fischer (general) (1862–1935), Austrian colonel in World War I
 * Edwin Fischer (1886–1960), Swiss pianist and conductor
 * Elizabeth Fischer Monastero, American mezzo-soprano
 * Emil Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Emily V. Fischer (born 1979 or 1980), American atmospheric chemist
 * Ernst Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Esther Fischer-Homberger (1940–2019), Swiss psychiatrist and medical historian
 * Eugen Fischer (1874–1967), anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party
 * Eugen Fischer (historian) (1899–1973), geologist and historian
 * Eva Fischer (1920–2015), Croatian Italian artist

F

 * Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877–1948), chemist, famous for the Fischer-Tropsch process
 * Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782–1854), botanist
 * Fritz Fischer (historian) (1908–1999), German historian
 * Fritz Fischer (biathlete) (born 1956), sportsman

G

 * Georg Fischer (disambiguation)
 * George R. Fischer (1937–2016), US underwater archaeologist, a pioneer of the field in the National Park Service
 * Gerhard Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Gisela Fischer (1929–2014), German actress
 * Gottfried Fischer (1944–2013), German psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst
 * Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), Jewish-German publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag
 * Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771-1853), German palaeontologist and entomologist.
 * Gotthilf Fischer (1928–2020), German choral conductor
 * Greg Fischer (born 1958), American businessman and mayor of Louisville, KY
 * Gustav Fischer (equestrian) (1915–1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrian
 * Gustav Fischer (explorer) (1848–1886), German physician and explorer of Africa

H

 * H. L. Fischer (1822–1909) (Henry Lee Fischer), Pennsylvania German language writer and translator
 * Hans Fischer (1881–1945), German chemist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 * Heidemarie Fischer (1944–2022), German politician
 * Heike Fischer (born 1982), German diver
 * Heinz Fischer (born 1938), federal president of Austria
 * Helene Fischer (born 1984), German pop music singer
 * Hermann Emil Fischer (1852–1919), German chemist, 1902 Nobel prizewinner, and inventor of the Fischer projection
 * Horst Fischer (1912–1966), German SS concentration camp doctor executed for war crimes
 * Howard Fischer, curator of the New York Jazz Museum

I

 * Ignjat Fischer (1870–1948), Croatian architect
 * Ilse Fischer (born 1975), Austrian mathematician
 * Iván Fischer (born 1951), Jewish-Hungarian conductor
 * Ivana Fišer or Ivana Fischer (1905–1967), Croatian conductor

J

 * Jan Fischer (politician), prime minister-designate of the Czech Republic
 * James Fischer (1927–2004), American engineer
 * Jason Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Jean Fischer (1867–?), French cyclist
 * Jean Chrétien Fischer (1716–1762), German-born French soldier
 * Jenna Fischer (born 1974), American actress
 * Jiří Fischer (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player
 * Joey Fischer (1976–1993), American murder victim
 * Johann Fischer (disambiguation)
 * John Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Joschka Fischer (born 1948), German foreign minister
 * Josef Fischer (cyclist) (1865–1953), German racing cyclist
 * Joseph Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist

K

 * Karl Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Kate Fischer (born 1973), Australian model and actress
 * Klaus Fischer (born 1949), German football (soccer) player and coach
 * Kuno Fischer (1824–1907), German philosopher
 * Kurt Fischer (politician) (1900–1950), German Communist politician
 * Kurt Rudolf Fischer (1922–2014), Jewish-Austrian philosopher
 * Kurt W. Fischer (1943–2020), American developmental psychologist

L

 * Laurence Fischer (born 1973), French karateka
 * Lisa Fischer (born 1958), American singer
 * Lothar Fischer (1933–2004), German sculptor
 * Louis Fischer (1896–1970), American journalist
 * Ludwig Fischer (1905–1947), German Nazi lawyer and government official executed for war crimes
 * Ludwig Fischer (bass) (1745–1825), German opera singer
 * Ludwig Fischer (racing driver) (1915–1991), German racing driver
 * Ludwig Hans Fischer (1848–1915), Austrian landscape painter and etcher

M

 * Manuel Fischer (born 1989), German footballer
 * Marcel Fischer (born 1978), Swiss fencer
 * Martin Fischer (automobile designer) (1867–1947), Swiss automobile designer
 * Martin Fischer (tennis), Austrian professional tennis player
 * Martin Fischer-Dieskau (born 1954), German conductor, son of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
 * Mathias Fischer (basketball) (born 1971), German basketball player and coach
 * Michael J. Fischer (born 1942), American computer scientist
 * Minna Fischer (1858–1941), Australian soprano and singing teacher in London
 * Móric Fischer de Farkasházy (1799–1880), Hungarian porcelain manufacturer
 * Moses Fischer (c. 1756–c. 1833), Austrian rabbi

N

 * Nilla Fischer (born 1984), Swedish (soccer) football player

O

 * Oskar Fischer (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ottfried Fischer (born 1953), German actor and cabaret artist
 * Otto Fischer (footballer) (1901–1941), Austrian (soccer) football player and coach
 * O. W. Fischer, Otto Wilhelm Fischer (1915–2004), Austrian actor
 * Øystein Fischer (1942–2013), Norwegian physicist

P

 * Pat Fischer (born 1940), American football player
 * Patrick Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Paul Fischer (disambiguation)

R

 * Rainer Fischer (born 1949), German-Canadian judoka
 * Ricardo Fischer (born 1991), Brazilian basketball player
 * Richard Fischer (1917–1969), Austrian footballer
 * Robert Fischer (disambiguation)
 * Ruth Fischer (1895–1961), German communist

S

 * Samuel von Fischer (1859–1934), German publisher, founder of the S. Fischer Verlag
 * Sascha Fischer (born 1971), German rugby union player
 * Scott Fischer (1956–1996), American mountain guide
 * Stanley Fischer (born 1943), American and Israeli central banker
 * Steven Thomas Fischer (born 1972) American filmmaker and cartoonist of German descent
 * Stewart "Dirk" Fischer (1924–2013), American composer, musician and jazz educator
 * Sven Fischer (born 1971), German biathlete
 * Sven Fischer (footballer), German football defender

T

 * Tex Fischer, American politician
 * Theobald Fischer (1846–1910), German geographer
 * Theodor Fischer (1862–1938), German architect
 * Theodor Fischer (fencer), German Olympic épée and foil fencer
 * Thomas Fischer (disambiguation), several people
 * Thierry Fischer (born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautist
 * Tim Fischer (1946–2019), Australian politician
 * Tine Fischer, Danish film executive, appointed head of the Danish Film Institute from August 2024

V

 * Vera Fischer (actress) (born 1951), Brazilian actress
 * Vera Fischer (sculptor) (1925–2009), Croatian sculptor
 * Viktor Fischer (born 1994), Danish football player
 * Viktor Fischer (wrestler) (1892–1977), Austrian Olympic wrestler

W

 * Werner Fischer (crystallographer) (born 1931)
 * Werner Fischer (sailor) (1940–2011)
 * Wild Man Fischer (1945–2011), Outsider musician
 * Wilhelm Fischer (boxer) ("Willi" Fischer) (born 1972), German boxer
 * Wilhelm Fischer (politician) ("Willy" Fischer) (1904–1951), German politician

Z

 * Zel M. Fischer (born 1963), Missouri Supreme Court judge